Cattle-stanchion.



M. H. DOOLEY.

CATTLE STANGHICN. `.4.11 1.1 1Afr1o 11 FILED JUNE' 7, 1909.

972,069, Patented 001;. 4, 1910.

l/6 i f4- 5 /9 2 @wi/kwam@ @XM a? JMW I C UNITED STATES PATENT 'OFFICE MARTIN H. DooLEY, or NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS.

craneal Specification of Letters Patent.

CATTLE-Summon.

Patented Oct. 4,1910.

Application led June 7, 190.9. Serial No.. 500,619.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN H. DooLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at North Adams, in the county of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cattle-Stanchions; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact de- "scription of the invention, such as will enment of parts as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appendf ed claim. l

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a front elevation of thedevice with the stanchions locked in securingpositionjand Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the stanchions in released position.

v -Referring moreespecially to the drawin gs,

1 represents the uprights of a stanchion frame and 2, the bottom bar which is preferably secured to the floor of the stable. The uprights are connected as is usual, with a ceiling girder or other suitable support 3. These parts are of the usual construction and need no further description.

At suitably separated points, I secure to the members 2 and 3, stanchions 4, by means of the flexible connections 5 and 6. These frames comprise top and bottom bars 7 and 8, a side bar 9, and a locking bar 10.

The top bar of each stanchion is provided with a guiding extension 11, which is adapted to be engaged by the locking bar 10, which is pivoted at its lower end to the free extremity of the bottom bar 8, as shown at 12. Each locking bar is provided with a right-angular spring arm 13,'having an aperture in its horizontal portion to engage the locking pin 14, carried by the top bar- 7, so as to lock the bar 10 in closed position.

Secured to the to bar 7, and having its body portion norma ly lying flat thereon, is a spring 15, the outer free end ot' which is bent upwardly and is engaged by a flexible connection 16, which whenV operated to raise the spring 15 moves the member 13 out of engagement withy the vpin '14, and releases the y locking bar 10.

Journaled in porting member 3, is a vhorizontal. rod 18. having' an operating handle- 19 at one end thereof and' having. connectionwith the flexibearings 17, -upon the supe` ble members 16, so'thatupon reciprocation ,A or rotation of the rod, the 'springs 15 may be raised to disengage lthe-member 13 from the pin 14, as before.described. This'y operation will release all of the stanchions simultaneously andfree the locking bars as will now Connected to the upper end o-feach loclz-F ing bar 10, is an L-shaped bar 1 9', which lies adjacent the bar 7, on the opposite side from the locking bar lO, and has connected to its-V free end by a snap hook 20, a chain or other suitable flexible'connectio-n 21. The chains 21 of each of the bars v19', are connected to a horizontal operating rod 22, having'an operatin `handle 23, and journaled bearings carrie by the uprights 1 parallel -to theI shaft 18.

By reciprocating the shaft within its bearings, the locking ars 10 may be either 0perated to free the cattle or lock them in the s'tanchion, it being understood that'one or more of the snap hooks may be disengaged 'from the bars 19', so that certain of the cattle may be permitted to remain in the stable lwhile the others are released..

It will be noticed from a close inspection.

of the gures that the shafts are offset from each other so that their movement does not affect one another.

' From the foregolng descriptlon, connection with the accompanying dra-wings, lthe construction and operation of theinvention `will be readily understood with? out requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the' form, proportion andV the minor details-ofI construction may be resorted to without departing -from the principle or sacrificing any of the advan- `tages of this invention. g

Having thus described my inventiomwhat Iclaimis:'l 't In a device of the class described, the comlbination with a support, of a plurality of taken in v :stanchions' flexibly secured thereto. and each comprising a frame, a locking barpivoted thereto, means for securing the locking bars of said stanchions in locked position, means `for forcibly vdisplacing said securing means,

`said displacing means throwingthe locking Q l i 972,069

bars to open position, :i common operating `my hmd in presence of two subscribing witbar, lexlble connectlons from the operatlg messes.

bar to the displacing means a reciprocating w f bar, and means connecting said bar with the MARTIN H DOOLLX 5 locking bars of the. stanchions, whereby they Witnesses:

may be opened or closed. NE1L FRIEL,

In testimony Whereof'I have hereunto set JAMES O. HEARN. 

